In late December 2018, the new Kara House website went live thanks to the generous support of the Swinburne University of Technology. In June, the Kara House website was selected to be part of the graduating project for diploma students studying ICT and design. The project involved totally re-developing our very out of date website into a website that would help and inform the community about Kara House.

The Swinburne team comprised six students; Daniel, Yeojin, Blair, Alex, Harris and Dahmon and lecturers Janet Bott, Graham Bridge and Olga Lavouasier. From the initial brief, the students we’re engaged with the communication problems facing Kara House and how much a new website would make a difference in helping the women and children we work with. They developed innovative solutions that met the brief, a stand out design, coded the site from scratch and were incredibly professional throughout the whole process.

After 3 months of dedicated work, on December 19 the students handed over the website. The formal presentation was attended by David Coltman - Deputy Vice Chancellor, Simona Jobbagy - Director of the Department and everyone involved in the project. The result is simply amazing. The design functionally and ease of use is beyond our expectations and we are fully aware of the value of a website project of this size and depth in the wider market.

The Kara House website is the keystone to our communication to our clients, industry colleagues, community and supporters. The new website will play a pivotal role in providing information to our to those in need and those wishing to help the women and children we work with. We were very excited to hear that the Lecturers involved went on to win the Vice-Chancellors award for Excellence. Thanks to everyone who contributed at Swinburne.

Picture below: Team from Swinburne who developed our new website.
Back row: Yeojin, Graham Bridge, Janet Bott, Olga Lavouasier, Dahmon, Blair
Front row: Harris, Daniel, Alex